President in conference room at Capitol consults with Sen. Browning (Ill.) about J. G. Berret's nomination. Browning, Diary.

Sec. Stanton at White House discusses with President morning dispatch from Gen. McClellan. Stanton to McClellan, 18 April 1862, George B. McClellan Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

President transmits to Congress documentation relative to arrest of Simon Cameron, minister to St. Petersburg and former secretary of war. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 18 April 1862, CW, 5:193-94.

Calls Asst. Sec. Fox to White House. Mrs. Lincoln sends Mrs. Fox bouquet. Fox, Diary, Gist-Blair Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[Irwin withdraws $17.33 from Springfield Marine Bank to pay taxes. Pratt, Personal Finances, 177.]